Women and Newborn Services Manager

Your role at St John of God Geelong Hospital

We are seeking a highly experienced visionary Women and Newborn Services Manager to lead our dedicated team across the Womens Health Unit including our newly redeveloped 30bed Postnatal Ward 4 modern Birth Suites and 9cot Level 3 Special Care Nursery.

This is an exceptional opportunity to guide a dynamic and expanding service shaping highquality compassionate care for mothers babies and families. As a key clinical and operational leader you will oversee all aspects of the Women and Babies portfolio driving excellence in patient safety clinical quality caregiver wellbeing patient experience and sustainable service performance.

The Position

• Monitors analyses and reports on variances in data and activity related to clinical outcomes for the Service and uses this data to support the implementation of innovation and change.

• Responsible for the development and implementation of the Service operational plan to align with SJGHC and SJG Geelong Strategic and Operational Plans.

• Contributes to the development of models of care which place the patient at the center of planning decision making and evaluation for the specialty grouping.

• Leads a consistent person-centered care culture within the Service where all patient encounters influence a memorable patient experience.

• Analyses data with a focus on identifying trends in order to create solutions to improve the patient experience.

• Leads the development of quality improvement activities and ensures Services and practices align with the requirements of the NSQHS Standards.

• Leads innovation within the Service to advance clinical excellence and patient experience outcomes.

• Provide leadership through effective personal professional communication and interpersonal capabilities and change management as well as team and strategic capabilities as outlined in the SJGHC Leadership Profile

You are a Registered Midwife or Registered Nurse/Midwife with current AHPRA registration and bring a minimum of four years nursing management experience. Your senior expertise enables you to drive highquality outcomes lead teams with confidence and deliver operational excellence within an acute healthcare setting.

To succeed you will u will bring welldeveloped analytical and problemsolving skills supported by a solid understanding of the legislation and standards that govern nursing practice. Your previous leadership experience will demonstrate your ability to communicate with impact influence effectively and build productive collaborative relationships across multidisciplinary teams.

Above all patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you

• Salary: $141601 per annum per annum plus 12% superannuation

• Permanent full-time opportunity working Monday to Friday day shift: 0700 to 1506

• Salary packaging up to $18550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage rent meal entertainment holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:

  • Novated leasing

  • work related expenses

  • self-education and

  • additional superannuation

• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

• Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Innovative Professional Development opportunities

• Access to a range of Lifestyle Health & Wellbeing rewards and discounts

For enquiries contact Matthew Young Director of Nursing on (03).

At St John of God Health Care we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure welcoming and accessible and unified through our diverse community.

All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.